Menacing Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich threw the banging-est celebrity-filled NYE party in St. Bart's. We've read about the St. Bart's bash, but now we have pictures! All thanks to grim economist Nouriel Roubini, who despite our impending economic doom, partaayyyed.

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The party was lavish — about 250 celebrities and their hangers-on were flown, on private jets, to Abramovich's Caribbean winter palace, where they ate millions of dollars worth of gourmet snacks and enjoyed the musical stylings of Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé, and Prince. Who, lemme tell ya, do not come cheap (I'm trying to plan my own bar mitzvah). There were also crazy fireworks amid the stormy weather and everyone danced and had a good time. Though Nouriel posed for all these pictures and put them up on his own little Facebook page (where we found them), he's oftentimes the least interesting person in the photo. Go figure.

If you'd prefer to see these photos all on one page, you can click here.

Roubini & Ron Perelman, a Lady, and the Waiter. Update: A tipster tells us that the waiter-lookin' fellow is in fact Shai Baitel, " a super self-absorbed Israeli guy who put together a gala for Roubini earlier this year which Perelman chaired." Connections!